Shrine Center

25100 SW Parkway Avenue
Wilsonville, OR 97070-9600

Phone: 503-682-4420
FAX: 503-685-5080

Motor Escort

If you are an Al Kader Shriner or a Master Mason who has thought of becoming a Shriner, like riding motorcycles and your license
is motorcycle-endorsed, whether you own a bike right now or not, the Motor Escort unit is for you. We lead the Al Kader Shrine
contingency in all of the parades in which Al Kader participates, and perform other escort duties as requested by the
potentate. We are also the main sponsors of the Christmas for Kids function at the Al Kader Shrine Center and highly value
our family and our Shrine kids.

News

Captain Carl Robinson

May 2018

This year Motor Escort has been pleased to provide $2,500 for the Child Life program at the Portland Shriners Hospital. This is being used to continue the American Doll Project that we started last year. We feel that it is important to children who have had amputation surgery. The American Doll was chosen because of the wide selection of hair, eye, and skin colors to be able to match the child. It provides dolls matching the child in appearance and with the same prosthetic device, giving them a doll that they can relate to. A common reaction children have had to receiving one of these is, “It’s just like me!”

Captain Carl Robinson

April 2018

Motor Escort is currently running a raffle for the
Henry Freemasons Tribute Edition rifle. Tickets
are available from any Motor Escort member for
$10 or six for $50.

February was a great month with it culminating in
the chance for us to once again serve and run the
games at the DeMolay annual crab feed. It is the
major fund raiser for the DeMolay, and this year
was as usual a success.

March launches us into the beginning of parade
season with Motor Escort leading the parade in
Heppner. The next event will be The Dalles Parade
on April 28th.

Captain Carl Robinson

January 2018

We started the month out with one of our favorite parades, the Albany Veteran’s Day Parade. As usual, it was a large event with lots of excitement and color. There were several calls from the spectators thanking us for our service, but most of all thanking Shriners for their work with children. It turns out that several of the spectators at the parade were Shriners Kids.

The last parade for Motor Escort is always the ABATE/Shriners Toy Run. The day started with breakfast at the Washington Masonic Center, followed by some fellowship with bikers from ABATE and local Portland motorcycle clubs. We were then led by Santa Claus, our very own Noble Mark Schnetzky, up to the Shriners Hospital. Again it was a damp day, but this time of year we usually end up riding in the rain. It seemed that a great time was had by everyone who attended. Photos from the ABATE Toy Run are on pages 20 and 21.

2017

Captain Carl Robinson

December 2017

We are finally dry, but it took over two days to get there! The Food Caravan this year was on the seriously damp side. I would like to thank the clubs and units for their amazing work in collecting the materials for this year’s caravan. We of the Motor Escort were happy to be able to participate in the event. We got wet on our first parade, so it seems fitting that we head towards the end of the year with more rain.

As the parade season winds to a close for the year, our unit has been represented at many parades and activities. We are all looking forward to our final ride of the year, which will be the 38th Annual ABATE Toy Run for the Shiners Hospital for Children on December 2nd.

Captain Carl Robinson

June 2017

Our first parade is under our belt, and all was great fun. After meeting at the Buckhorn Family Restaurant in Troutdale, we had a great ride to the parade. As usual the parade in The Dalles was a learning experience, as it was our first outing of the season. The weather was cool and dry for the parade, but not so good for the return trip.
The heavy rain we encountered on the ride back caused us a few problems. After hitting a couple of inches of water across the road, things got a little more exciting than is usually appreciated.
The water shorted out I.S. John Nerski’s siren causing it to lock on. We had a number of cars pull over before it could be corrected. Then following a lunch stop, MWB Rich Martin had some trouble getting started again, he said something about “running on fumes.” Our unit is looking forward to some upcoming trouble-free events. We will be moving the date for the June meeting due to a conflict with Oregon Grand Lodge.

Captain Carl Robinson

May 2017

The Motor Escort Unit has been working on their parade bikes and looking forward to the upcoming parade schedule. In the meantime, we have been
involved with an American Doll Program with the Shriners Hospital for Children. This program is important to children who have had amputation
surgery at the Shrine Hospital. This was very apparent in the first video our Motor Escort watched of a doll presentation. The images of the
child receiving the doll were very moving. She began joyfully crying and said, “It’s just like me!” This is because the dolls all have the same
coloring and prosthetic device that matches the child. We presented our first doll March 23rd and were very excited with the results. Many members
of the unit were able to be there and participate in this first event of the program.

2016

Captain Dennis DeSanno

June 2016

I.S’s Nobels and ladies. Here we are in June. I.S.
and Captain Tom Bland steeped down from his
position as Captain of the Motor due to health ,
we all wish him a speedy recovery on his knee
replacement and his leadership will be missed. I
was elected to fill this position for the remainder
of the year.

We returned from our Cruise to Alaska and had a great time.

June is a busy month for parades and hope to see everyone at them.
Newport parade was well attended and all had a
amazing time the public shows up in groves. On
the Cruise we meet a parent and grand parent of a
shrine kid , and these inter action reinforce why we
make the commitment to the hospital. If you have
these interaction with current or past patient please
share them with other Nobels we all like to hear
them.

2016

Captain Dennis DeSanno

June 2016

I.S’s Nobels and ladies. Here we are in June. I.S.
and Captain Tom Bland steeped down from his
position as Captain of the Motor due to health ,
we all wish him a speedy recovery on his knee
replacement and his leadership will be missed. I
was elected to fill this position for the remainder
of the year.

We returned from our Cruise to Alaska and had a great time.

June is a busy month for parades and hope to see everyone at them.
Newport parade was well attended and all had a
amazing time the public shows up in groves. On
the Cruise we meet a parent and grand parent of a
shrine kid , and these inter action reinforce why we
make the commitment to the hospital. If you have
these interaction with current or past patient please
share them with other Nobels we all like to hear
them.

IS Tom Bland, Captain

February 2016

We had our first meeting on Thursday Jan 7th.
The unit discussed the 2016 parade schedule
and agreed to participate in as many parades as
possible, splitting up for multiple parade days.
I need to have each member to e-mail me theVIN number and license number of the unit bike
they have as soon as possible so we can get the
insurance paperwork in on time. We are also
planning some drill practice as soon as weather
permits and are going to set up some fun rides on
our private bikes. I encourage each of you to come
out and participate in our activities this year, let’s
have some fun. IS John presented the unit with a
check for $1500. For our participation last year. We
are also planning a donkey basketball game this
year as a fund raiser for this year. Noble Dennis
is working on a venue for thus event and as soon
as we get the info we will pass it on. We are also
working on setting up an area it the garage to
work on the bikes and will set up a schedule to
get this accomplished. We will also have a storage
area on the mezzanine for bike parts. This will
take everyone’s help to get this set up. Our next
meeting will be on Feb 5th. I hope you can make
this meeting.

IS Tom Bland, Captain

January 2016

Nice Job on the ABATE Run to the hospital. We
had nine bikes with everyone in rain gear. We
escorted about 250 bikers who braved the rain.
I was there to meet you but next year I plan on
riding with you again.

The Officers were installed Thursday Dec 3rd at
the Rheinlander restaurant where we had a great
dinner.

Our next meeting is the first Thursday in January
and I would like to see all of our members
attend this meeting so we can plan this years
training schedule and set up some fun rides
on our personal bikes. We also want to set up a
maintenance schedule for the bikes that need
work.

We are working on the Donkey basketball game.
The tentative date is April 7th but we will have
more information at the meeting. We have Dennis
to thank for setting this up, should be a good fund
raiser.

I’m looking forward to seeing everyone at the
meeting and am expecting an active and fun year.

2015

Noble Dennis DeSanno, Captain

November 2015

The end of the year is near, Motor Escort has been
very busy this year and we are very proud of our
participation in Shrine Center functions. The cobra
tickets sales have been great, the Chief Rabban, a
member of Motor Escort, went to Pendleton and
had great ticket sales of $5400.00. Food caravan is
a fun event that we all look forward to every year
and this one is no different. We have Veteran’s day
parade in Albany coming up and it always a good
time to show our troops we care about them and
the ones that went before them. Remember, the
only reason we have what we do have it because of
the sacrifice of our troops. If it wasn’t for our men
and women in the Armed Services of the United
State this war and many others would be fought
here and not in other countries. Freedom exists in
the world because of the United States of America.

The next event will be the A.B.A.T.E. run the
first Saturday in December, which is an event to
raise money for the hospital and take toys to the
patients. You do not have to be a motorcycle rider
to join in on this, you can bring donations of toys
and or money to the hospital and meet us there
and welcome the riders. In July the American
legion rides had their Christmas in July run
where they rode from the American Legion Post
1 building to the Portland Shriners Hospital and
brought toys and donated $2000.00 to the children
The Motor Escort was proud to ride with them for
this event.

This year has been very trying due to injuries
and the unit. I think we should apply for the AMA
unit of the year. There has been some attempt
of jesting toward Motor Escort, but I assure you
the Motor Escort is the Official Escort for the
Potentate and proud to be designated as such.

Again thanks for a great month.

Noble Dennis DeSanno, Captain

February 2015

It’s 2015 and what great weather Oregon is having.
I want to take this opportunity to congratulate
the member of the Motor escort for being the
UNIT OF THE YEAR! The unit has shown it has
members that pull together and get the job done.
The Cobra’s next outing will be January, 31 2015
in Salem at the fairgrounds the event is the Salem
roadster show.

Remember to buy your ticket and support the
shrine center, see a member of the Motor escort
to get your ticket there 25.00 @ and only 3500 are
being sold and they are going fast. We are very
fortunate to have several new members to our
unit; I want to welcome them to a great unit.

Noble Dennis DeSanno, Captain

January 2015

Happy holidays from the Motor Escort Unit
Greetings fellow Nobles it’s December again, time for Christmas,
New Years and festive occasions. I want to wish each and every
one of you and your families a very Merry Christmas and a Happy
New Year

We had the ABATE run December 06, 2014, and it was a very
good run. The numbers were down a little, but since the city of
Portland was going to reduce the number of rider to 250, 2500
riders showed up and were very generous with their giving for the
Hospital.

On December 14, there is going to be a ride from the VFW post
#1 at 122nd to the Shrine Hospital to bring more toys to the
children.

The Car raffle is off to a great start the tickets this year are $25.00
each, but we are only selling 3500 ticket, so the chances a very
good.

I want to take this time to congratulate the newly elected
Potentate and Divan. I’m looking forward to great leadership for
the next year. There are some great fund raisers coming up this
next year and I’m personally looking forward to the fellowship and
raising monies for the Temple.

Noble Dennis DeSanno, Captain

November 2014

Here we are October, Haunted House time. We’re had our Food Caravan on Saturday, October 18, 2014, and I want to welcome
Hillah back with us again. I’m looking forward to seeing all the Nobles and Ladies. This should be a great time and it’s for a great
cause (the children in the hospital). It’s not going to be long and we’ll be having Chief Rabban night, November. 8, 2014, and
raffling the Cobra away. All of you who have purchased tickets, thank you, and for those of you have procrastinated please buy
your tickets right away. The ABATE run is coming up on December 6.

For those of you that have motorcycles and want to have a great ride on a brisk December Saturday please come join us.